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This week we learned how to backup and resurrect a dead or dying system disk with Clonezilla, use Windows 7’s Previous Versions to go back in time and save files, get 20GB of Amazon Cloud Storage for 89 cents, get past difficult levels in Angry Birds with video cheats for every level, see what your fellow readers had to say on the subject of registry cleaners, and more.

Weekly News Links

Massive SQL injection attack making the rounds—694K URLs so farHundreds of thousands of URLs have been compromised in an enormous and indiscriminate SQL injection attack. The attack has modified text stored in databases, with the result that pages served up by the attacked systems include within each page one or more references to a particular JavaScript file.

Trojan claims to be on police businessSecurity firm AV-Test has warned of a new trojan that targets Windows PCs (XP, Vista, Windows 7) and displays a notice allegedly sent by the German Federal Criminal Police Office about illegal PC content.

Fake Android app steals data, takes shot at piratesA malicious Android app that masquerades as a free version of a legitimate app steals data and sends spam text messages and a warning that chastise the user for trying to get around paying for the actual app.

Privacy: Facebook’s Achilles heelThe folks who run Facebook are laughing all the way to the bank. They’re making money hand over fist, and all they have to do is sit back and watch as the people who comprise their product volunteer tons of incredibly personal information. Then they sell access to that information to any advertiser or other business who wants it.

McAfee: Cybercrooks target corporate trade secretsCybercriminals are increasingly moving from stealing just personal data to capturing trade secrets and other corporate intellectual capital that they can easily sell through the underground market, according to a new report from McAfee and the SAIC.

Report: NSA joins Nasdaq hack probeThe National Security Agency has joined the investigation into last October’s cyberattack on the computer network of the company that runs the Nasdaq stock exchange.

Mozilla’s Do Not Track header gaining ad industry supportOne of the new features that Mozilla introduced in Firefox 4 is a Do Not Track (DNT) setting. When the user enables the DNT option in the browser’s preference dialog, Firefox will transmit a custom header in HTTP requests that will inform servers that the user wants to opt out of Internet tracking.

Cree.py application knows where you’ve beenA new Python-based application called Cree.py uses geolocation data from social networks and image hosting services to build a minute by minute time line of a person’s movements.

Create Your Own Screensaver in Windows 7Unfortunately Windows 7 doesn’t have any functionality for creating your own screensavers. Luckily, Windows Live Photo Gallery 2011 helps you fix this problem. Check out this tutorial to learn how.

Have you ever used K7 Total Security?Before this review, we knew nothing about K7 Computing and their security products. Apparently their K7 Total Security suite is a product worth trying. To learn more, check out this review.

Super User Questions

If you have questions, then Super User has answers. Here is this week’s selection from the most popular thread.